Bath & North East Somerset Council - Museums and Galleries

Museums and Galleries

Roman Baths
 

Britain's finest Georgian city is brimming with things to do and see. The city boasts a remarkable range of museums, galleries and exhibitions. Visit the events pages to see what is happening at Bath's museums and galleries, or download the leaflets opposite.

  

 

 
Roman Baths

The best preserved Roman religious spa from the ancient world. Around Britain's only hot spring, the Romans built a magnificent temple and bathing complex that still flows with natural hot water. The extensive ruins and treasures from the spring are beautifully preserved and presented using the best of modern interpretation.

Fashion Museum

One of the world's finest collections of fashionable dress and accessories. The displays illustrate the changing styles of dress for men, women and children over the last 400 years.

Radstock Museum

An award-winning museum that offers an insight into North Somerset life since the nineteenth century. It also contains a unique collection of local artefacts, photographs, documents and books relating to the North Somerset Coalfield.

Number 1, Royal Crescent

The Royal Crescent is justly considered one of the finest achievements of urban 18th century architecture and represents the highest point of palladian architecture in Bath. Visitors can see a grand town house redecorated and furnished to show how it might have appeared in the late 18th century.

Victoria Art Gallery

The Victoria Art Gallery is a free public facility located in the centre of the beautiful city of Bath. Open all year round, it is visited by 116,000 people annually. The Gallery houses Bath & North East Somerset's collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.

American Museum

The American Museum is the only museum of Americana outside the United States.  The American Museum is a non-profit organisation dedicated to furthering the understanding of American culture and history.

Jane Austen Centre

The Jane Austen Centre is a new permanent exhibition which tells the story of Jane's Bath experience - the effect that living here had on her and her writing.  Her intimate knowledge of the city is reflected in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath.

Georgian Garden

The Georgian Garden behind 4 The Circus, has been recreated to the original plan of circa 1760/1770 to show a typical layout of the period. The position of the flower beds, paths and trellis were located by excavation in 1985-6 by Bath Archaeological Trust.

Other Museums in Bath & North East Somerset:

Beckford's Tower Lansdown, Bath

Museum of Bath at Work  Julian Road, Bath

Building of Bath Collection The Vineyards, Paragon, Bath
  
Holburne Museum Great Pulteney Street, Bath

Sally Lunn's Kitchen  North Parade Passage, Bath

Bath Postal Museum  Northgate Street, Bath

Herschel Museum of Astronomy   New King Street, Bath

BRLSI  Queen Square, Bath

Museum of East Asian Art  Bennett Street, Bath

 
 
 
Open Week

Each year, during the autumn half-term, museums in Bath & North East Somerset arrange a series of events and activities for children and local residents. 

 

 

 
Discovery Card

For free admission to Bath & North East Somerset Council's museums and concessions at others in the district, you need a Resident's Discovery Card.

 

 

Useful Contacts

Information Line
01225 477785
romanbaths_bookings@bathnes.gov.uk
fashion_bookings@bathnes.gov.uk

Roman Baths & Pump Room
Tel: 01225 477774 Fax: 01225 477243
romanbaths_enquiries@bathnes.gov.uk

Fashion Museum
Tel: 01225 477789 Fax: 01225 428184
fashion_enquiries@bathnes.gov.uk

Victoria Art Gallery
Tel: 01225 477233 Fax: 01225 477231
victoria_enquiries@bathnes.gov.uk

Education and Events
Pump Room
Tel: 01225 477757 Fax: 01225 477271

Museum Shops
Pump Room
Tel: 01225  477796 Fax: 01225 477709

 

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